YouTube
videos are designed to stream, do not sit on your hard drive, your phone, or
your SSD. But sometimes, there are good reasons why you want to record videos
offline. You can live with sticks, where reliable broadband is as extraordinary
as reliable buses. You can commute through areas where people still teach
aircraft, never leave the mobile data mast near them. Or you can rely on data
connections so tight that they are like a devil-crafted highway.

Or
you can simply save a clip for generations because you think it's about to be
deleted.

Whatever
the reason, there are many ways to download free YouTube videos on Windows,
Mac, iOS, and Android. In this feature, we will share our favorites and
discover what is legal and what is not.

Many
third-party YouTube download and conversion tools have recently been shut down
due to requests from Google and copyright holders, but everything we've used
here is still active.

How
to download music from YouTube

Download
YouTube videos using TubeMate for Android

TubeMate
is one of the most popular tools for downloading YouTube videos on Android
smartphones, and it has good reason: it is easy to use and has the features you
need without any bell and whistle that you do not have. do not do it. We love
him very much.

This
app is not available on the Google Play Store (Google is not very enthusiastic
about YouTube downloads), so, first of all, you need to allow your Android
device to install and run apps already download from other places. Be careful
when you open this setting because you want to make sure that you only download
applications that you know are safe and reliable.

Open
the settings and go to security. Scroll down and next to "Unknown
Sources", press the toggle to activate this setting. Now, on your Android
device, visit the TubeMate YouTube Downloader website and select one of the
verified sites to download.

How
to download videos on YouTube for free

YouTube
video download is not available on TubeMate in the Google Play Store. You must,
therefore, allow applications downloaded from unknown sources and then retrieve
them from the developer's site.

You
can see a warning message about downloading APK files, so click "OK"
to allow it. Once downloaded by TubeMate, run the file and press
"Install" and then press "Open."

TubeMate
looks like the normal YouTube app, with an extra frame around it. You can
browse YouTube as usual until you see what you want to download, or tap the
menu icon at the top right, select "URL" and paste the address of a
video from your browser Web.

When
you watch a YouTube video on TubeMate, a light green download button appears
above it. Touch it and you will see a progress bar telling you that the
application "analyzes the video information". Clearly, it means he
gets all the parts and parts he needs to download the clip.

The
next thing you will find is a list of formats. You'll find video and audio
formats and different quality and resolution options for each one. If you have a
high-end device, then, of course, download the highest quality version
possible, but note that the resolution is larger file size: if your phone or
tablet does not have a lot of space, YouTube videos are about to fill you up.

Browse
YouTube as usual in TubeMate until you find the desired video, then press the
green button to download it in a format and quality of your choice

Download
videos to YouTube on an iOS or Mac device

If
you're a fan of Apple, the process of downloading YouTube clips is very little different
depending on the Apple operating system on which you are. If you're using iOS
on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, you'll need our first method, and if you're
using OS X or MacOS on a Mac, you'll need the second one.

On
iOS, the trick will install a small smart app called Documents. It's a file
manager, but it also happens to download YouTube clips. The process is a bit
tricky but still simple.

First,
find the clip you want to download the YouTube app for iOS or Safari. Once
you've found it, tap the Share icon, then tap Copy Link.

To
download a YouTube video using iOS, copy the link from the YouTube app, then
use savefrom.net and Documents to save it to your device.

Open
Documents and look for the icon of its web browser, which is the small compass
at the bottom right of the screen. Touch it and go to savefrom.net. Paste the
YouTube clip address into the large input box, choose the desired quality
options, and begin downloading the file.

Once
done, it will appear in the Downloads section of Docs, where you can drag it
into Photos> Camera Roll to use it from outside the Documents5 application.

On
a Mac, there is a pile of options, but one of the most faithful is MacX YouTube
Downloader (also available for Windows). All you need to do is add the link and
select the quality options, and you can download multiple clips at once.

Download
videos to YouTube on a Windows PC

There
are all kinds of PC applications with names like Super Best Windows YouTube
Downloader Oh Yeah Try this one, but many of them are crazier than Dave's
tricky Dave's arrows: expect the junk l installation of software, deceptive
download links, terrifying terms and conditions and other idiocy.

If
you are not concerned about downloading multiple clips at once, we really want
any Video Converter Free. As for other applications, just choose the address of
the clip, choose the quality you want and let it do. If your ambitions are a
bit higher, a good aTube sensor offers all kinds of tools for perfect pixel
performance. It's really fast too.

You'll
find these two apps - and more - in our aggregation of the best free YouTube
video downloads for Windows. Or if you prefer to use a web-based tool, we
really like ClipConverter.cc.

Any
Video Converter Free is an excellent application for downloading YouTube videos
from Windows. It allows you to save multiple clips at once and optimize them
for playback on any device.